Presenting many slaveholders as intelligent, honorable and pious men and women, this study asks how people who were admirable in so many ways could have presided over a social system that inflicted gross abuse on slaves. The South had formidable proslavery intellectuals who participated fully in transatlantic debates and boldly challenged an ascendant capitalist ("free-labor") society. Blending classical and Christian traditions, they forged a moral and political philosophy designed to sustain conservative principles in history, political economy, social theory, and theology, while translating them into political action.
| Autorius: | Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Eugene D. Genovese, |
| Leidėjas: | Cambridge University Press |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2017 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 844 |
| ISBN-10: | 0521615623 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780521615624 |
| Formatas: | Knyga minkštu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
| Žanras: | History of the Americas |
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